Project Grant 087905341

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 aims to develop a portable, full-recirculation incubator system for rearing salmon eggs to the fry stage. The system is designed to restore wild salmon populations by preserving genetic integrity, using water from the salmon's native watershed, eliminating toxic chemical use, and enabling tracking of restoration progress - all without the need for costly centralized...

This $846,800 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program supports the County of Huerfano, Colorado in establishing a pop-up retail business incubator and maker program in Walsenburg, Colorado. The incubator will offer selected participants business development services, access to a fabrication workspace, and an online marketplace to launch and test physical and online retail concepts from idea through business...

The $749,216 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program will fund the launch and operation of a new 50,000 square foot business incubator and accelerator space in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The incubator will provide access to mentoring, seed and early-stage investment, office and meeting space, and resources to support new business formation and job growth in technology and innovation. Key services include increasing...

The City of Streator, Illinois received a $1.185 million Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The funding will support renovations to the Streator Incubator Building and enhance small business start-up incubation services for the Illinois region through December 2025. Specifically, the project entails architectural, HVAC, IT, safety, and parking improvements to the incubator...

The Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $4 million Project Grant to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (LSU Agricultural Center) under the Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities program (CFDA 11.300). The grant funding will support renovations to an 11,130 square foot pre-engineered metal building to establish a food innovation and manufacturing incubator. Renovations will include dry and cold storage, kitchen processing space, staff...

Radiant Innovation LLC was awarded a $650,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.212 - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program) to develop and demonstrate reliable, off-grid solar-powered refrigerated containers for distributed cold storage to support local food supply chains. The key objectives are to: 1) improve thermal and ventilation models for predictive...

This is a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The $1,248,531 award to Inaedis, Inc., a Princeton, NJ-based biopharmaceutical technology company, supports the development of a Rapid Room Temperature Aerosol Dehydration (RTAD) platform technology. This innovation aims to address critical challenges in formulation, delivery, and storage of temperature-sensitive biologics such as...

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Freshkube Inc. received a $255,981 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to develop an adaptable refrigeration system for smart mini-containers. The goal is to reduce food waste, energy use, and carbon emissions from refrigerated transport by creating a highly efficient and customizable system. Freshkube will address technical challenges in developing a volume-adaptable refrigeration unit allowing efficient operation at different cooling capacities. The company will also...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $303,669 to R7 Instruments Inc. to develop a novel air-cycle -80°C refrigeration system that uses an acoustic expander instead of a traditional turbine-based expander. The key product is a low-temperature freezer system that does not use potentially harmful synthetic refrigerants, enabling applications in food processing, biological sample...